Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS | |
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Active | January 1, 2002 (created) 2003 (unofficially formed) - present (existence revealed in September 2005 to Swiss law enforcement, public existence revealed in March 2009) |
Country | Switzerland |
Agency | Federal Criminal Police |
Type | Police tactical unit |
Role | |
Headquarters | Worblaufen |
Structure | |
Officers | 14 |
The Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS (English: Task Force TIGRIS, French: Groupe d'intervention TIGRIS, Italian: gruppo d'intervento TIGRIS) is a police tactical unit of the Federal Criminal Police, the investigative arm of the Swiss Federal Office of Police. As of 2009, it consists of 14 officers and is based at the military police base in Worblaufen near Bern.[1][2] Manpower for the unit is currently being increased to recruit more officers.[3]
The exact budget allocated to the unit has been made classified by the Federal Office of Police, only being known as part of its allocated budget.[4]
As of 2009, TIGRIS operators had been deployed in 130 operations in Switzerland.[5] No shots had been fired by TIGRIS during these operations.[6]
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